If you have mental health benefits as part of your health insurance coverage, you must call for your benefit information prior to our first appointment if you would like to receive any reimbursement for my fee. I do not accept insurance but as a courtesy I will file a claim on your behalf along with any and all necessary documentation, including a diagnosis and corresponding numerical code to your insurance company. Diagnoses are technical terms used to describe the nature and scope of your presenting issue. If I do use a diagnosis, I will discuss it with you. All of the diagnoses come from a book titled the DSM-IV; I have a copy in my office and will be glad to discuss your diagnosis with you.